Joe Lafferty
Superb album - heard a lot about it from some of the band. not disappointed, it's brilliant!
...and can't wait go get my CLEAR vinyl copy spinning on my new turntable!
Tim Mee
I think their song ‘We are the snare’ (on ‘Sounds’) perfectly sums up what I’ve loved about these boys for decades: “We don’t do interaction, we don’t do fashion trends, we can’t do drum ‘n’ bass, we don’t do middle eights. We are the snare...”. Scotland’s best kept Secret (sadly).
Favorite track: We Are The Snare.
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Spare Snare:
Jan D. Burnett, Alan D. Cormack, Barry Gibson, Graeme Ogston, Adam Lockhart
Additional players:
Fraser MacInnes - Bagpipe drones on ‘Action Hero’
Ali Hendry - Trumpet on ‘Action Hero’ and ‘Grow’
Dave Burnett - Electric slide guitar on ‘Grow’
Emma Pollock - Additional vocals on ‘We Are The Snare’
Recorded and Engineered by Steve Albini
Assisted by Paul Savage, Recorded at chem19, Scotland, February 2018.
Recorded on to two inch RTM 900 tape at 15 i.p.s., Mixed down to half inch RTM 900 tape at 30 i.p.s.
Mastered by Pete Norman at Finyl Tweek, London.
Thank you to Alan Morrison and all at Creative Scotland,
Paul Savage, Emma Pollock, Jamie Savage, Andrew Savage and all at chem19,
Tim Courtnell and the Team at Sound Performance. Pete Norman and Johnnie Everton at Finyl Tweek, London.
‘Bugs’, ‘Action Hero’, ‘Super Slinky’ written by Jan D. Burnett.
‘Hope You Never Go’, ‘I Am God’, ‘And Now It Is Over’ written by Jan D. Burnett, Alan D. Cormack, Barry Gibson, Graeme Ogston, Adam Lockhart.
‘We Are The Snare' written by Jan D. Burnett, Alan D. Cormack, Barry Gibson.
'Photograph Me Properly' written by Jan D. Burnett, Alan D. Cormack, Barry Gibson, Ross Matherson, Graeme Ogston.
‘Grow’ written by Jan D. Burnett, Alan D. Cormack, Barry Gibson, Graeme Ogston.
'Smile, It's Sugar' written by Jan D. Burnett, Alan D. Cormack, Paul Esposito, Barry Gibson.
All songs are ‘Copyright Control / PRS’.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Chute Records.
p and c 2018 Chute Records
A group that I know only too well, I’ve been with them for nearly 30 years; from their Glaswegian basement origins to their current status as Arena band. My enthusiasm for their later output may have tempered somewhat as the mighty ‘Gwai evolved their sound to avoid pigeonholing, but there is nothing better than when they lay waste to a venue via the sheer euphoria of ‘Helicon 1’. They’re still devastating live and, after all those years, THE authority in Instrumental Rock music. Logen Ninefingers